"Lord Yang, please!" Li joined the army half a step ahead and walked towards the outside of the camp with Yang Congyi.

Out of the camp gate, the two turned over and got on the horse, Li Senjun said with a smile: "Lord Yang, go to Chuzhou City to find a restaurant to sit in, and your Excellency will see how it is." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "I'll go with the army, I'll go wherever you go." ”

"Okay, let's go into town." Li joined the army with his legs between the horse's belly, urged the horse to move, and walked slowly in the direction of Chuzhou City.

Yang Congyi shook the reins, kept up with his pace, and the two horses walked forward side by side.

More than a dozen dragoon guards followed behind the two horses with their guns, keeping a distance of one foot.

"Li has been in the army for many years, right?" Yang Congyi turned his head to look at the person beside him.

"Fifteen or sixteen years, but it's not a long time to be in the state, it's only five or six years. Lord Yang doesn't look like he was born in the military. After Li joined the army and replied, he waited for an opportunity to inquire about the other party's origin.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "It's also a military army, but the time is short, only three or four years, which is much shorter than the time Li joined the army in the army, so I have such an illusion." ”

Li Senjun was shocked, with an unbelievable look on his face, and asked directly: "I can't believe that I can serve in the front of the palace in three or four years, I can't believe it, I really admire the general." I would like to ask, where did you work before? ”

"What's the matter, Li Senjun also wants to go to the front of the palace to serve?" Yang Congyi did not answer directly, but threw out a question that was not a problem, in an attempt to change the topic.

Li Senjun said with a smile: "What my lord said, the water flows to a low place, and people go to a high place, who doesn't want to rise high." It's a pity that the last general was born in poverty, and he has no relationship with his background, so he can only work hard in the army. ”

Yang Congyi said: "Li joins the army and is not right, whether he can be promoted is not only based on his background, but also depends on his ability and opportunity." Yang was also born in poverty, and he occasionally had the opportunity to join the army, and later seized the opportunity to make some meritorious contributions before he had the opportunity to serve in the front division of the palace. Therefore, without a background, it is not necessarily impossible to achieve your wishes, the key is to seize the opportunity once you have it. For you and me, although the opportunity is rare, it is enough to seize it once. ”

"Thank you for your teachings, it's the last general who is obsessed." Li Senjun hugged his fists and thanked him.

Yang Congyi replied: "Don't dare to teach, just talk about the facts and what you want to say, if you can listen to it, it will help you better, and it doesn't matter if you don't agree." ”

"Don't dare, there is an example of adults in front of you, and the end will follow suit and forge ahead." Li Senjun said respectfully.

"Hahaha...... It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Yang Congyi smiled, he felt more and more that joining the army was not a simple role.

The scorching sun was not very comfortable, and the two couldn't help but speed up.

Soon, the group entered the city of Chuzhou.

Li joined the army and was familiar with the road, and soon came to a restaurant that looked relatively high-end.

The guy in the restaurant opened his mouth and called General Li, and hurriedly came over to lead the horse aside, tied it to the horse stake, and Yang Congyi's horse was also taken away.

Li Senjun was a regular customer of this restaurant, and without waiting for him to speak, the guy directly took them to a private room on the third floor.

As for the wine and food, after he and Yang Congyi exchanged recommendations, he finally ordered a few signature dishes, plus the restaurant's own wine.

Yang Congyi actually doesn't need to observe secretly, from the fact that Li Senjun doesn't look at picking orders and ordering food, you can know that he has not come to this restaurant less.

The soldier's salary is not much, even if he is a member of the army, a month's salary is not enough for him to come to this kind of place for a meal, the way to get money in the army is limited, the common thing is to deduct the salary, with his familiarity with the restaurant, this kind of thing is estimated that he has not done less.

However, Yang Congyi's trip is only to verify his merits, as for whether someone deducts money, it should not be his business, nor is it something he can manage, just don't see it, not to mention which army does not deduct money, if the commander and general do not deduct soldiers' salaries, where will they make up for their daily expenses.

In fact, he also knew that in the Song Dynasty, the status of military generals was low, and they could not be compared with Wenchen at all, even if a five-grade military general met a seven- or eight-grade civil official, he had to bow his head, so those who were looking for a relationship, who could have a way to climb the civil official, would not take the door of a military general, no one was looking for them to do things, and the military general naturally had no additional income, and a large family of more than ten or twenty people all counted on that little money to live, not to mention going to the restaurant, whether the whole family could take care of food and clothing became a problem.

Yang Congyi himself is also a military attaché, he has not been humiliated and discriminated against before, all because his dispatch is to supervise the army, and the position of supervising the army is an extremely important dispatch in the hearts of all officials.

At that time, because of the need to return to Yi by going to sea, and the Xuanwei Army was hastily formed, whether it was an army or not, it was an army, it was an army, and even if it left the Great Song Dynasty, it was necessary to send a supervising army, and he was responsible for supervising the Xuanwei Army from the beginning, and the money and money had to come out of him, and he also served as the supervisor of the army, so it was logical that the Hui Yi fleet returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and the position of returning to the Yi army was naturally relieved, and only the post of supervising the army remained, and then the Xuanwei Army hurriedly transferred the defense to fight in the south, Only then did he, the prison army, gradually come into the spotlight with a series of victories won by the Xuanwei army.

In his opinion, it is mostly a coincidence, and of course it is inseparable from his own struggle and efforts, but strictly speaking, it is almost impossible for a military attache to serve as a supervisor of the army, and he took office, in the final analysis, it is still a coincidence, without this coincidence, no matter how hard he tries, he will not get a chance.

But even if he is now serving as the secretary of the military case in front of the palace, without the blessing of the post of supervising the army, he will have to be inferior when he meets an eight-grade and nine-grade civil official on the street.

The military generals and military attachés are such sorrows, and he can't change it as a descendant, unless he can overthrow the entire scholar class, but this is simply possible, because the entire Great Song Dynasty belongs to the Zhao family and the scholars, and the scholars represent the world's scholars, and the world without scholars is a terrible world, so it can't be broken, so you can only obey.

He is actually the same as Li joining the army, but Li is not as lucky as him when he joins the army, and he can only deduct some soldiers' salaries and live a chic and happy life.

"Lord Yang, what do you think, so engrossed." Li joined the army with a word, and he came back to his senses.

"I'm wondering how the imperial court could put such an elite dragoon army in a place like Chuzhou where transportation is inconvenient, why not near Lin'an Mansion?" Yang Congyi's mind moved, and he didn't raise his eyes, so he said.

Li Senjun said with a smile: "The last general doesn't know, this is to ask the Privy Council, so many forbidden troops are near Lin'an, but our dragoon army, which has been established for hundreds of years, is to be stationed in Chuzhou." ”

"yes, I guess only the Privy Council knows." Yang Congyi replied casually.

"Lord Yang, you said that our dragoon army has always been under the management of the front of the palace, whether it is training or military position adjustment, how can when it comes to the transfer of garrison, it is all the Privy Council that has the final say, a piece of paper stamped with a seal, just let us turn around, today to command, just want to train well, but even the detainer is not familiar with the officer, another day to transfer to another place, and then to command the newcomer, just want to do something and transfer away, really can't do anything, a few times down, morale is gone." Speaking of the Privy Council, Li Senjun suddenly began to complain, his expression was full of frustration and helplessness.

Yang Congyi was slightly shocked when he heard this, and he didn't dare to speak.

This system is the foundation of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, all the army must be in the hands of the imperial court, and the Privy Council is controlled by civilian officials, to put it bluntly, this system is a rope for civilian officials to tie the neck of military generals, this rope is broken, civil officials will definitely not feel at ease, whoever wants to break this rope, the civilian official group will not hesitate to kill him directly. Once they suspect that you want to rebel, they will insinuate and find all kinds of evidence, or they will not find any evidence, and directly say that they suspect you of rebellion, you are very dangerous, since it is dangerous for them, of course, they must eliminate and eliminate it without hesitation, just like Di Qing and Yue Fei.

Seeing that Yang Congyi didn't say anything, Li Senjun asked: "Lord Yang, what do you say, isn't it very unreasonable, the forbidden army is directly under the front division of the palace, but the front division of the palace does not have the power to mobilize and command soldiers and horses, and the literati of the Privy Council stay in Lin'an all day long, sit in the yamen, never take a step into the barracks, and transfer us around with a wave of the pen, making us dizzy and exhausted, which is really hateful." ”

Yang Congyi still didn't talk, Li Shenjun continued: "Actually, it's okay for us to be a low-level forbidden army, we are all born poor, no matter where we go, we have to run anyway, as long as we can eat enough, it doesn't matter if we have anything else." The most aggrieved is still the front division of the palace, nominally in charge of the world's millions of forbidden troops, busy every day, running from south to north, from east to west, there is no time to rest all year round, and once the war starts, or when the army is used to mobilize the defense, all the power and limelight are robbed by the Privy Council, you say aggrieved or not aggrieved! ”

"Cough, Li joins the army, drink a cup of tea to dissipate your anger. Yang has not been in the army for a long time, but he also knows a rule, soldiers must always obey orders, thinking too much will cause problems, since you choose to join the army, then do your own job, as for the rest, just hand it over to the court, those adults in the court are smart people, I don't know how many times smarter than you and me, some problems can't figure out, at that time, because we are at the foot of the mountain to see the top of the mountain, we will naturally see Mount Tai, this is nothing to think about. It's time for the food to come, I'm a little hungry. Yang Congyi really couldn't help it, let him continue to say it, and spread it to the ears of those who cared, and it would become something if there was nothing to do.

When Li Senjun heard this, he looked a little embarrassed for a while, but then his demeanor returned to normal, and he apologized again and again: "My lord, I'm really sorry, I haven't drunk yet, and the last general has started talking nonsense, don't blame me." ”

Yang Congyi said: "As a general, you still have to pay attention to what you say, don't say what you shouldn't say, it's best not to think about it." ”

"The last general will remember the teachings of the adults!" Li Senjun stood up and clasped his fists and saluted.